On April 28, 2007, the 31-year-old WBO lightweight world champion, Acelino Freitas (38-1, 32 KOs), faced a 23-year-old American boxer Juan Díaz (31-0, 15 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Freitas came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 11 months and 30 days. Díaz was on a 31-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 24 days.
Acelino Freitas refused to continue the fight in the 8th round, and Juan Díaz is crowned the new WBO lightweight world champion. Díaz improves his record to 32-0 (16 KOs), while Freitas adds a loss to his record at 38-2.
On August 7, 2004, the 28-year-old WBO lightweight world champion, Acelino Freitas (35-0, 31 KOs), faced a 26-year-old American boxer Diego Corrales (38-2, 31 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Freitas came in to the fight on a 35-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 4 days. Corrales was on a 1-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 1 day.
Diego Corrales stopped the champion via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBO lightweight champion. Corrales improves his record to 39-2 (32 KOs), while Freitas adds a loss to his record at 35-1.